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THE TIMES, WASHINGTON; MONDAY, NOVEMBER 28. 1898. mt & teu (HORNINR, EVENING AND SUNDAY.) THE TIMES COMPANY. 5TILSON HUTCHINS, 'President PDBUCATIOS OFFICE. TIIE HUTCHINS BUILDING, Comer Tenth and D Streets Northwest. SuBscmmos Rates; KOSTHI.T bt Carrier: Nomine. Evening and Sunday Fifty Cents Morning and Sunday. ..Thirty 'Are Cents Evening and Sunday Thirty-five Cents nr iiixu. One Year. Morning, Evening and Sunday. .f3.a SixSIontht, " " 3.03 Three Months, " " " ..1.5S Cse Year. Morning and Sunday 4.C0 .SixMonths, " 5.25 3 hree Months, " " l. One Year, Evening and Sunday i OJ SixWontus. " - 2.23 ThreeSIonths, l.S Surduy only. One Year.... ....... l-W Ciders by Mall must be necompanfed by f-utfccription price. TiiErnr-E (Editorial rooms 8G CrSivB i Business Office.. 1010 -m.jim.ks, cireuiauojj Department.. ..:c6 CIRCULATION STATEA1ENT. The circulaUon of Tilt TIMES for the rek ended Nov. 26, 1.S9S. was as follows. 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Itcjectcd com munications Tvill ret be piescnfd, and only man uscr.pts of cbiious imporlane-e will be returned to their suthorB The Adveitiscr." fiinrwlee Company. "' Chi cago, hereby crtifs that it lias, by its esjecrt examiners, proven and attested tLe circulation ft TIIE TIMES, cf Washington. D. C. Vue daily aierage l'AID circulation fcr the mccth of Oc tober. lSSS." was liOG copies. This is CUAltANTKEl) to tiic advertisers cf the country by a BUST) of 50.trj0 in lie Fidelily nd J)epoit Ccmpanr of Maryland, deposited with the XcrlimeMern National Hank, of Chi cago. ADVEirnsnis' OLTAn.XTEi: cosir-ASi', By J. K. -S1AHIX. I'xasiehnt. MONDAY, XOVEJlIiKIt 28, IsSS. A Complete Siirrciiele-r. Our Paris dispatches last night brought the satisfactoiy intelligence that Spain hadnl last realized the use lcssness of further fighting against the inevitable and w fluid today accept the American terms of peace without reser vation. ' As might have been assumed all along, the Sisanish government'luis been using every hour of the long delay -at Paris in pleading with the cabinets of Kurope for aid in resisting our demanls. In every' case It appears that Sagasta has been informed that no help need be looked for. oven if the Carolines and Canary Ii-lands, as well as the Philip pines, were to be taken by the con queror. He has also Ijeen pointedly ad vised to come to terms with the United States on its ov.n conditions, and not to waste any time about it. Accordingly, we have every reason to expect that the end of Spain's hopeless struggle will come today,. and that the scepter of her colonial dominion will be laid down at the .feet of victorious America without further evasion. It Is a goed thing, and upon Its ac complishment the President and the country arc to be congratulated. Mr. McKinley will now be placed in a po sition to carry out the -nishes of the nation and to consummate the business irrevocably before the .provincial Chi nese seclusionists in or outside of Con gress have any chance to make trouble. "Ichabod" is written against the once ' imperial power of Spain; and "failure" upon the banner of the Hessian and Tory anti-expansionists. This day's, work in Paris promises to be worth a special holiday and a general celebra tion. Cniitulu Malum', lVttliuon-. The fact Is now fully revealed that -whatever was wrong in the adminis tration of the war was due to the ignor ance and audacity of a civilian Sec retary of War, who took its practical management into his own incompetent hands. That a good deal was wrong is proved by the President's appointment of the Alger Relief Commission. Of the narrow escape of the invading array in Cuba from a disastrous retreat, the public is fully informed. It is known that It was saved only by the timely Interference of Central Miles, who went to the front, agahnt Hi? wishes of Sec retary' Alger, bum kp ! dis rusted Gen eral Shaftcr- It is also known that the confusion and neglt-cl of all rational provision for tU- tmbarkation and landing of the exped t.on and the con sequent deprivation, exposure, suffer UC and death, the jawing of epi demic disease, and the transport hor rors, all llowed Trum that first cause, the reckless ambition cf i'ecretary Alger and his immediate subordinate in the War Office to conduct the war without the active participation of the experi enced commanding general. It Is no longer a question whether the charges against the War Department are true, and there is no qucstlun as to where the chief responsibility rests. But thete Is confirmation of the known facts from an unexpected quarter. Not that U could be assumed that Captain Mahan. of the Board of Strategy, was ignorant of the insane ambition of Sec reary Alser to manage the war without the participation of General Miles and without the advice of experienced men, but that it was hoped he would not speak. He was In a position to know how far Mr. Alger excluded the sug gestions of trained minds, and he was one of those whose reputation as a strategist suffered most ftom the sense less" audacity of the civilian .Secrelaiy of War. The Board of Strategy was the jest of army officers, and naturally Cap tain liahan had to bear the brunt of all the attacks, while unable to reply. Kow he makes occasion to vindicate himself by a series of letters in the London Times. While he does not offend the rules of courtesy, anybody of ordinary penetration can appreciate his veiled as sault on Mr. Alger. It Is, In fact, a mortal arraignment of that incompetent warrior who scorned "military conven tionalities" and boasted of It; and who selected a commander of th-e expedition who also scorned all military conven tionalities. Captain Mahan shows that his advice was not followed by the Secretary of War shows it In his criticism, not of General Mlles's plan of campaign to aid In the capture of Cervera, but of Alger's general scheme of carrying on the war with Spain. The naval strategist agreed with General. Miles as to the superla tive importance of Porto Hico, an idea that was rejected by the amateur war maker, who reluctantly consented to Mlles's expedition to that island because the President supported Miles. His consolation" -was that it would get the commanding general out of the way while his Michigan protege was engaged in the subjugation of Blanco's army: for at that time he did not figure on the calamitous effects of his ignorance on our soldleig. lie did not recall Shaf fer's corps until the ltoosevelt round robin revealed to the indignant country the terrible condition of the men. Al though he dots not say It, Captain Mn han implies that If we had been pitted against a first-class power instead of Spain. Mr. Alger's amateur war mak ing would have made victory difficult even with the unsurpassed courage and endurance of the Ameiican soldier. His really pevtxe.though masked, criticism oX Mr-Alger should remove any doubt the President may cherish of the awful cost to the nation of allowing that civil ian to discard the commanding general and other trained soldiers and reject the advice of competent strategists, in order to cany on a war for his own glory and the benefit of favorites and the politi cians. It has been an expensive lesson and it would be terrible if it should be wasted. A .olile Jliiutriif rr of lHriit-1. sFr Walter. Scott's fine conception of the noble and devoted Jewish maiden Rebecca, in Ivanhoe. was not grander , than the picture recently presented to ! us of the brave young Hebrew wife of Captain Alfred Dreyfus, the prisoner of Devil's Island. Throughout all civiliza-I- Unit, but particularly hi free America, ! her patient yet daring championship of her poor persecuted husband's cause. In the face of odds that might have made a Napoleon uuail, dettrves the re spect and veneration of every truth ind liberty loving man and woman. -Such a condition of affairs hi u re public, as that which led to the delih eiait ruin and perpetual toriuit; of a patriotlc'soldier and gentleman, would have been Inconceivable to Americans j before the advent of Long, Alger, and I the persecutions of Admiral Schley and ' General Miles, to cover up the inef- J-flciency of, if not corruption and ras cality In, our own ""general ytaff" and its control. A year ago we would have scouted the Idea that our honored army organization could iiave Immii made the agency and cover for a system of chi canery and robbery, Tnd for the vent ing oT spites a generation old. of which a certain official who icsigned from the army in the Civil War under a charge of cowardice appears to have b?en full. But now the American people can but too readily understand how a gang of miscreants in the confidence of the French government, themselves guilty of selling treasonable information to the enemie-s of their country, should re sort to lying, false witness and per jurynot to say, possibly, murder as well to cover up their tracks; and how it would have been easy and natural for such wretches to pick upon the first Innocent person they could find whose relations to the Intelligence department of the army would make it possible to fasten their own crime upon him by means of a criminal conspiracy. . Nothing in the current history' of the day seems to be clearer than that Cap tain Dreyfushas been deliberately and knowingly punished by the government of France for crimes committed by the traitors Esterhazy, Henry', Paty de Clam, and perhaps much more conspic uous personages. Against the machina tions and desperation of such people the devoted Lucie Dreyfus has battled bravely-and incessantly, and at last, it is to be hoped, with success. Her vic tory, if it shall come, will be entitled to rank' in 'history among the greatest .achievements of womankind. It is cer tain that in her fight against a govern mental force more cruel in its methods than the bloody despotisms of Abdul Hamid, Theebau, or tho King of Da homey, Madame Dreyfus will have with her the good wishes and prayers" of all true Americans. Euroiirnn Mutteriiir;. It Is not probable that the surly re marks of German newspapers will pro duce uneasiness on this side of the At lantic or that they indicate anything at all beyond a sort of envious feeling abroad in Germany in view of the sud den appearance of the United States as a world power which has attained the territorial importance in the Far East that the Teutons wanted for themselves. Our acquisition of the Philippines is un doubtedly a sore point with the German commercial classes, and the matter is not mended any by our very proper and determined attitude in holding that the Sulu Islands are to be considered as included In and must go along with the Philippine archipelago. The German newspapers, however, do not necessarily speak for the Imperial government in this instance, and it is' generally believed in Europe that the latter Is too much concerned in culti vating friendly relations with this country to make the least trouble, es pecially as any action would be fruit less without the backing of other first class powers, which there is not the slightest present Idea would be forth coming. It does not follow that because Rus sia and Germany have decided to let Spain's former possessions in the Pa cific pass into the hands of a civilized nation, that all will be peace and con tentment over the Oriental situation. The seizure of the Island of Chusan by England a strategic point practically dominating the mouth of the Tang-Tse is not calculated to please the conti nental powers,- and It probably will be taken in dudgeon by the Kaiser. But there Is no reason for thinking that the movement will affect our Eastern Inter ests detrimentally. Our. position has been conceded by the cabineta of the Old World generally. AVhen we have gained peaceablecontrol -of the Philip pines including the Sulus-and have what we want in the Ladrones and Car olines, our interests wlirbe sufficiently protected in thatpart of the world, and we shall have neither temptation nor in clination to Interfere -wittT-the territorial policies of our international neighbors. In other hands than ours, these posses sions might and doubtless would be a menace to the p'eace of Christendom. As it is, nothing will happen, save that Old Glory will float over the richest em pire of the Eastern Ocean, and that American enterprise and brains will make it hum with Industry and in time reek with wealth and prosperity. The assurance of the ministry some weeks ago that the civil power Is supreme in France Is rolitrtMllctfd by the facts in the case of Colonel Plcriuart. Entirely at the demand of army officers, that hon orable soldier. Innocent of all wrong. Is to be condemnwil nd punished. If France submits to this. It Is the end of civil gov ernment and justice; if sbeloes not sub mit, it menus a revolution; The letter of Mr. Rooeve.t, chairman of the New Yolk committee of one hundred, who offered, in behalf of that organiza tion, to gather witnes?s to'testify aga'n-t the Wur Department, Is -a -warning to the Alger Relief Commission against a whitewash report. It was called out by the dlscourtcm treatment of witnesses by the Commissioners and, by their com ments, which were Intended to discredit the evidence. Yet Mr. Roosevelt ought to know, unite as well as'imybody, that such a letter. j.?inhiiv.e ii effect on the Commission. Jl will carry out Its pur pose to rejMjrt that the war was dread fully mismanaged by regimental and com pany officers, and by the soldiers, who indulged their appetite for outside food in preference to the army rations. The real culprits in the War Office, at Washing ton, will escape censure, in spite of the evidence that holds them to blame. Mr. Roosevelt naH mercilessly snubbed when he profterel his itsslstanee, and should have known just what that meant. How ever, his lelter will be of use to those who will appeal to Congress for a proper Investigation. Nov.- there Is a Koveroor general at Ha vana who is a soldier and a gentleman and who knows that Spain, was whipped In the war and must submit to the con ditions im,osed by the victor, lllaneo refused to concede Spain's defeat, and maintained the attfthde of a eoncpieror. Anybody who scans the report of the quartermaster, general for an explanation of the faiiuio of 'transiortalton and sup plies for the army before Santiago will be quite ms much disappointed as thoae who sought In the report of the surgeon general an explanation of the failure to organize a medical system In that army, of which Shafier was the nominal com mander. The work of the Alser Relief Commis sion in New York was not as fruitless ns its membeis pretend. Even apart from the reluctant testimony of tieneral Law ton and the convincing proors which Col onel Roo-evelt gave of Alger's Inefficien cy, there were facts that were serious enough. The recital of Jlr. McKeever of the starvation of his .son should ha-c been enough to prevent the Commission ers from making n pretense of disappoint ment, it was a story of cruelty and suf fering That proved the frightful incompe tency and neglect of Mr. Alser's subordi nates. They might have liad other proofs if they had not snubbed and cut short Dr. Thompson, whose revelations In the Medical Record have aroused the medi cal profession. The reult at Paris deprives the little clique of provinciallsts of foreign birth or sympathies who proposed to "turn the President from his policy," of any further hope. Their campaign, like every cam paign they have ever made, has failed. But then they have had a chance to talk, which Is mainly what they live for. The Times could very well Indulge in praise of its own foresight for the realiza tion of its predictions, but it Is far from happy-over It. The dispatches that report the disposition of the Filipinos to resist American rule give as the cause exactly what The Times has repeatedly urged In the past .four months as a source of danger the Inability of any American there to reassure the inhabitants as to our good will. All their appeals for in formation about their probable fate have gone unanswered. They strengthened their army because they had no idea of what was in store for them, and now what was to have been expected is im minent. They have been led by Spanish agents to distrust -.ae reticent Americans and they believe they are strong enough to win thlr independence. All this might easily have been avoided. It Is nine weeks since the Peace Com missioners met at Paris to effect a treaty. .The end that has been Inevitable from the first the surrender of Spain to the Ameri can demand has been postponed for no definite reason, hut only In the vague hope that something might intervene. The Coiiiinsi; JIIeMsasre. (From the Cliic-a-ro Xews.) It is devoutly to le hoped Jhat ercrlody was brimful of thankfulness and content yesterday, for a 1-ard Winter is coming on, Con-rr-vs is about fo meet, and the President of the United States has prepared a mcsiaffc containing CO.000 words! Sixty thousand words would fill someHing like forty columns of a newspaper. It is about the average size of one of Jlr. Howells's novels. Properly diversified with illustration?, headings, and tailpieces, and pieced out with a little inane verse, it would furnish material for half a dozen 10-cent magazines. In the matter of Presidential messages we believe tliat it easfiv breaks the record. Jlr. Cleveland in his worst flll of platitudinous loquacity never came waist high to it. Spnnlsli for HIkIi I.lfr. (From the London Chronicle.) The. perversion -of Eosli-sli words when adopted by forei-rners is often stran-jc, as in the Franco-En-riisli "biftck;" but this, jf ae may trust a correspondent, has been far transcended by the journalists of Spain, who arc said to have adopted a slang which appears in the form of "igili" or -"gili." It is rather a puzzler to be told that the word is English. What is -rcalh- meant is "liisli life." Evolution. (From the Fort Wayne Gazelle.) Quay shook the plum tree, the grand jury hook Quay, .and now the la-were will gather tlie plum?. " . lUiineo'H KeNlf-rnatlon. (From the Ljuchb-jrtr'Xcns.) Illjnco resigns liecanse be, Irishes, to amid the personal humiliation of surrendering. This seems to be a favorjte trick of Spanish commanders. (iENERAB POLITICAL GOSSIP' Washington will be full of statesmen this week-j-The Indications point to an unusually brilliant opening of Congress.. Prominent, men from all sections of the country are,-iexpected to be on hand. The Winter of 1SSS and 1S99 In Washington will probablji b a memorable one In the his tory of,thls country. It will to a cer tain extents be tlie beginning of a new- epoch hi our existence as a nation. Im portant, momentous events will be on the tapis, and lesser matters will bo shoved aside. It Is hardly too much to say that the eyes of the entire civilized world, as well as a portion of the uncivil ized, will be for the next few months fo- . cuscd on tho National Capital of the United States. Uncle Sam has become a world power, and his movements will be observed with as keen an interest In the capitals of Europe as on this side of the Atlantic. Will his new garments fit him? This is the. important question of the hour. "It is Mr. JlcKlnley's first move," said a nromlnent Republican senator yester day, "and a great deal will depend upon the character of It. It he starts out with a settled, policy clearly defined andstate4 his position hi plain unmistakable .termsj ins tasK will oe comparatively easy; ine situation will be greatly simplified. But If he Indulges In generalities and meaning less metaphors. ih his .forthcoming raesatje' to the Congress life will be made a burden to him, and his party' will suffer a serious loss of prestige both at home nnd abroad. This Is no time for iilbbllng or jugging with Tvords. The people of the country know what they want. The iHipular ver dict on the live Issues of the day litis been rendered and the people will expect Mr. .MclClnley, to carry It out. Personally 1 believe that'lie will not fall in do!ng-hIy4Ji2Jie handed In within the specified de- duty- Al the saifie time there Is no use deny lug Jhe fact tha iwerfnl influences are being-brought to oear on hltn to cause him to swerve from the course which he has mapped out. It Is Impossible! tli fore tell Just what- effect these influences will have on Hie President, but, as I have said. 1 am confident that Mr. JlcIClnley jylJJ. not weaKen. However, his message next week wHl thrijw a great ileal of Usht-jQir the subject." ' "it would be particularly unforlnnatoi from a partyyioint of view," this gentle man added, ."If Air. McKinley should malte .1 slip al this time. It would - give our Democratic friends a chance AQ;rus.h In and sleaL'most of our thunder. As the siliiatlou-stands today we have almost forced the Democrats as a party to antag onize 0x6 ibhV-yt,f expansion. If we can j hold the Deirjeqrntlc party in tliat-.i"osA-. tlon the- Republicans will probably remain In e-onlrol" of 'tiu Government during the life time of the present generation- liut If the .Errsldent ebb!es. while it will not change our destiny, which is practically srlflpil Tl will ilAiirlt-n tlytt Punnlilimne tt the chance ot miking much political eapital (Ot of it. Mr. McKinley must not forget that the future of the Republican .party Is u4yii-s hands." m-', - - It appears from reports from New Jer sey that former Representative - John. Kean i not going to have n walkover In his tight for Senator James Smith's seal In the Senate. It is said that Attor ney General Griggs would not be averse to exchanging his seat in the Cabinet for one In the Senate. If Griggs decides to enter the race, his friends believe that he will win. His retirement from the Cab inet would give the President an oppor tunity fo provide a place for some one ejf Senator Piatt's New York friends, it has been . remarked by carerul observers that there has not been an Important official vacancy for the past twelve months that Senator Piatt has not had a New York man ready to shovo Into the place. Senator Piatt's motto Is: "if you don't ask for what yon want you will nev er get anything." Opposition to the re-election of Senator William 1!. Bate is developing down in Tennessee. Senator Bate Is cliargd with being "lukewarm" In the recent cam juign in his State. It is charged that he declined to make any speeches and only made a paltry contribution of -5100 to the State campaign fund. Senator Bate's friends claim that he gave as much in proportion to his means as any man In the State. They appear to be confident of his ultimate success and say that when the time comes for a showing of hands In January that the opposition to him will be found to Ik- insignificant. Governor-elect McMlllin. who had senatorial aspirations some time ago, has declined to enter the flejd against Senator Bate. The opposition to Bate seems to be cer tering around Judge John Childress. Richard Crokcr's press agent started the story the other day that Mr. Croker and former Governor William J. Stone, of Missouri, liad had a conference, with the view of forming jx combination to con trol the Democratic Presidential nomina tion In 1900. Mr. Stone enters an emphatic denial, which was scarcely necessary. He says that he favors a continuation of the fight for bimetallism, and he 13 not strong ly impressed with the idea of turning over the management of the Democratic party to Tammanj" Hall. Senator Quay, It Is said, is working hard to have his trial on the charge of the misuse of State funds postponed until after the election of his successor, which occurs next March. One of the grounds on which Mr. Quay will ask a postpone ment, it Is understood, will be that his presence will be required In Washington this Winter on matters of the greatest Importance and that it will be impossible for him to appear in Philadelphia and stand trial before the 4th of March next without serious injury to the public in terests of the Commonwealth of Pennsyl vania. The chances are that Senator Quay, it Is said, will be able to secure the postponement he desires. Then, if the legislature at Harrlsburg, In March, should decide to makst Mr. Quay his own successor, his followers believe that the case against him will be dropped alto gether. Mr. Wanamaker and Dr. Swallow donottakc.thls view of thematter. They still Insist that "Quay's doom is sealed." Gov. Black, of New York, it is reported, has decided to make a grandstand play for the senatorshlp, and at the same time deprive his. successor. Col. Roosevelt, of the honor ot smashing the canal ring. It is said that he will, in a few days, remove George W. Aldridge from the position of superintendent of public works and ap point a new man In his place. Mr. Ald ridge has had charge of the canal im provements, by which several millions of State funds have been, It is believed, cither wasted or stolen. Aldridge has been a close friend of Gov. Black, but even the closest friends in politics are sacrificed to meet an emergency. The re moval of Aldridge and the appointment of a new man by Gov. Black would seri ously embarrass Col. Roosevelt. The lat ter would probably refuse to approve Black's appointment, but Black's man would hold office until the confirmation of his successor by the State senate. That body will be close after January 1, and Black's friends claim that they can defeat the confirmation of any man Roosevelt may name unless he appoints Black's man. Some interesting develop ments In this connection may be expected. (lueen Liken 3Ir. Cnlg-ute. (From a London Letter.) jirs. Colgate, the American woman who is to marry the Earl of Stratford, was received by Queen Victoria privately at Balmoral. Her Majesty was -most, favorably impressed by her. In fact, it is believed Mrs. Colgate -trill jeecire one of the Qneen's iamous India Kashmir shawls as a wedding present, a favor reserved by the Queen, jis a special mark of distinction.- AMEBICAIT J?KTJTTS ABBOAD. lirpniert Senate Orders Expert In-veaU-ratioii of Them and rinntn. The State Department has received the following translation of the German regulation In regard to American fruit Issued by the senate of the free and Ilanseatlc twon of Bremen: ""In compliance with the Imperial de cree relating to the Importation of living plants and fresh fruits from America made on the 5th of Februarj, IBS, the senate orders: " 'Sejc. L The Investigations to be made in accordance with tho above-named Im perial decree will be Intrusted to special experts, whose names will be made pub He. " 'Sec. 2. The fees payable tosuchexperts for undertaking such Investigations shall be 4 marks (92.2 cents) for the first hour or part of an hour, and for even- further hour or part of an hour 2 marks (47.C cents), up to a maximum sum of 12 marks ($2,850). Where, with less bulky parcels, tho examination occupies less than an hour; then I mark (23.S cents) shall bo payable for every' quarter of -an hour or part thereof so engaged; but the mini mum fee shall be 2 marks (17.6 cents. " 'Sec. 3. The shipper of theartlcles to bs examined must accompany the parcel with a declaration whereunder he (a) binds" lilmself to discharge the cohts of jEuch investigation; and () empowers the consignee ot such parcel, or some other duly authorized person residing within the limits of the state, to discharge such "Costs. Should such declaration not be forthcoming, the party entitled to lake delivery o'f the parcel shall be informed LtheriiQf by the administration of the port or entry, with the notification that the parcel -can only bo handed over after payment of the cost of examining the -same.' Should the so-required declaration iiij, iiieu ine parcel win oe recurneu eo us hource of- origin at the expense of the party liable for the same: and the party -so liable- will be deemed to behe who naturally (nominally) In possession there of, or, can such return not be effected totnny cause, then such parcel shall be destroyed by fire, at the order to that ef fect belng given by the administration competent In the matter. 4"'"Sce'. l.Tlie experts have to hand in their account simultaneously with their report to tlie administration which has dl- - re.cted such investigation, and such ad ministration has then to collect such fees from the party liable for the same.' Tlie-e repllbif Inns wro mfwlo ae th. ale - thr - of" the" senate in Bremen on the 21st. I and. made, .public on the 2oth day of Oeto- ter, lsis. SAIXOBS FOB THE NAVY. Aceretary I.oujr Im .YkxIoiim e .tinny Recruit. Tlie' Navy Department is experiencing difficulty- in securing enough sailors to man the Increasing number of war ves sels of the new navy. Ry direction of Secretary Long, orders have been sent to all the naval recruit ing stations to enlist as many apprentices, lamlsmen and seamen as possible, and placards are now conspicuously posted at these places bearing the legend In large letters; -"Sailors Wanted." J ne proposed Increased navy will "re quire a large- number of "Jackles." and Secretary Long proposes to supply the demand principally from three sources: Tlie apprentices on the school ship; the naval reserve and merchant marine. Ex tra Inducements may be offered boys to enllt as seamen apprentices, as it ha been found that after these- lads have passed through the practical course ot apprenticeship under skilled officers and sailors they make the best typical Ameri can man-o'-warsmen. 13ABKET TOB rVOEY. Consul e:.in-rnl Mim-oIi, Snys I'riret Iltive Atlvnitccil. Secretary Hay has received from Consul General Lincoln, at Antwerp, a report on the sales of Ivor' at that place. He says: "The fourth quarterly sale-of the year was held on October 31. The Ivory offered and sold was as follows: Congo, hard, CS.MT pounds; Congo, soft, 9,24rt pounds; Angola, 19.HS pounds; Ambrlze, 7,770 pounds; Gabon. 2,2it pounds; Abyssinia, 1,01$ pounds; Gold Coast, 52S pounds; Ben gucla and Angola. 170 pounds; total, 109. 3ixi pounds as .compared with 1CM pounds in 1SS7; 1S2.CM pounds in 1SS0, anil 153,200 pounds In 1S93. "The market was very active and the prices strong. There was a rise In price of from 9 to 13 cents per 2.20 pounds for the medium tusks and the scrlvailles. Tlie tusks for bangles, hoyever, declined slightly in price. Stock on hand this day is about 176.(J0 pounds." OTJB COLONIAL AEMIES. AVar Drimrtuieiit EititnnteN mill llcrulnf Ioiin fr TrmiMpot-t. Recent estimates made at the War De partment indicate that the American army of occupation in Cuba will not ex ceed 3'',030 troops. It has -also been esti mated that 20,000 men can properly garri son the Philippines, while but 7,000 will be required in Porto Rico. It is proposed that all these troops shall be from the in creased regular army. Tlie. 30,000 soldiers intended for Cuba will be exclusive of the military police force, which will probably be composed of former Cuban soldiers. Secretary Alger has approved the regu lations for army transport service, which Is to be organized as a special branch of the quartermaster general's department. Lines will be established between San Francisco, Honolulu and Manila, and New York. Cuba and Porto Rico. The War Department is informed that the Fifteenth Regiment. U. S. Infantry, embarked yesterday at Savannah, bound for Cuba. The Third Georgia will sail in a few days to complete Gen. Carpen ter's brigade. An Army AVIthoiit Politics. (From the Indianapolis Xews.) The people in England did not bother about the war in Esypt; they knew that affairs were in the hands of a capable, honest man,, and. they trusted him. There were no orders from home save the. general order to recapture the Soudan. "Our order was to smash you, and, of course. ve went and did." If thi Egyptian campaign and its conduct has any lesson for u$ and wc thing it has that lesson is tliat it docs not pay to mil politics and serious business. When work U to be done for the United Stales, whether that work is smashing a Spanish fleet, capturing a Spanish island, or establishing in the captured islands an honest, unselfish, just government, which will reflect honor on our flag, it must be intrusted to men who are fit fit mentally, fit bj- character, by their aspirations, their -ambition, their honesty of purpo-e. We cannot hope for the highest success if we put men in re sponsible positions because they are sons of some body, or because the party owes them some tiiiDir. Wc must put the right men in the rigit places and keep( them there In spite of politics or "pulls." Receiver ns Ilnil n tlie -Thief. (From the Hartford Courant.) The eminent green goods dealer recently out ot the Illinois State prisou. lias made the remark that he never cheated an honest man. This is probably true. These fellows who peddle counter feit money offer to others the opportuniiy to cheat their fellow-men. Thebuer of counter feits is as mean as the sellers, except that he is tempted and they are tempters. If anybody is to- be skinned, there is no one wiiom we can better see undergo the process than the) man who plans to skin us. Murder Defined. r (From Tuck.) "Robbr asXed me what murder was." "Did reu-answer him?" "I told him that murder was a mere matter of belief on the part of a jury." , CAJPT. SIGSBEE'S STOBY. Ilia On-n Account of the Destruction of the Maine. Capt. Charles D. Slgsbee describes the blowing up of the Maine In the December Century as follows: "About an hour before the explosion I had completed a report called for by Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, on the advisability of con tinuing to place torpedo-tubes on board cruisers and battleships. I then wrote a letter home In which I struggled to apol ogize for having carried in my pocket for ten months a letter to my wife from one of her friends ot long standing. The cabin mess-attendant, James Pinckney, had brought me, about an hour before, a civ ilian's thin coat, because of the prevailing heat; I had taken off my blouse, and was wearing that coat for the only time during the cruise. In the pocket I. had found the unopened and undelivered let ter. Pinckney. a light-hearted colored man, who spent much of hla spare time In singing, playing the banjo, and danc ing jigs, was for some reason in an es pecially happy frame of mind that night. Poor fellow! he was killed, as was also good old John R. Hell, the colored cabin steward, who had been In the navy twenty-seven years. "At taps ('turn in nnd keep quiet'), ten minutes after S o'clock. I laid down my !en to listen to the notes of the bugle, which were singularly beautiful In the op pressive' silliness' of the night. The marine bugler, .Newton, who was rather given to j fanciful effects, was evidently doing his J : best, jiuring his pauses the echoes rioat i ed back .to the ship with singular elis j tinctness. repeating the strains ' of the bugle fuljy ann exactly. A half-hour later Newton was dead. . "I was inclosing ray leitcr in its en I velope when the explosion came. The Im pression made .on' 'different people on board ,the llgine varied somewhat. To me. In- my"posltlon, well aft, and within ine supta-5iructure.lt was a bursting. rending, awl" crashing sound or roar of Immense volume, largely metallic in char acter. It was followed by a succession ! of heavy, ominous, metallic sounds, prob ! ab'.j cruised by the overturning of the i central superstructure and by falling de- uris. Tliere was a trembling and lurch ing motion of the vcsel. a list to port, and a movement of subsidence. The elec tric lights, of which there were eight In the cabin where 1 was sitting, went out. Then there was intense blackness and smoke. "The -Uua4iiM.euhLjiot be mistaken: the Maine was blown up and sinking. For a moment the Instinct of self-preservation .took charge ot me. but this was Immediately dominated by the habit of comraaneh. , t went up the Inclined deck into ine starnoarel cabin, toward the starboard .air-purls... which were relieved somewhat against the background of the sky. The sashes were out. and the open- Ings were Urge. My first Intention was an escaie throilgh an air-port, but this was abandoned In favor of the more dig nified wuy of making an exit through the passageway leading forward through the superstructure. I groped my way through the cabin Inprthe passage, and along the passage to tlie outer door. The passage turned to the right, or starboard, near the forward part of the superstructure. "When the turn was reached, some one ran Into me violently- It was Private William Anthony, the orderly at the cabin door- He said something apolo getic, and reported that the ship had been blown up and wan sinking. He was , maintain that speed and. we would directed to go out on the emarterileek, therefore arrive off Sacilaso early ted and I followed him. Anthony has been i nesday morning and have most of tho pictured as making an exceedingly formal suiuie on iliac occasion, cue uramauc effect of a salute cannot add to his hero- ism. If lie had made a salute it could not havt been seen in the blackness of that compartment. Anthony did hl whole duty, at great personal risk, at a lime when he might have evaded the danger without quebtlon, and deserved, all the commendation that he received for his act. He hung near me with unflagging zeal and watchfulness that night until the ship was abandoned. "I stood for a moment on the starbaard side of the main-deck, forward of the superstructure, looking toward the Im mense dark mass that loomed up amid ships, but couid see nothing distinctly. There I remained for a few seconds In an effort to grasp the situation, and then asked Anthony for the exact time. He replied: 'The eixplnsion took jilace at 9:10. sir." It was soon necessary to retire from the main-deck, for that part of the ship was sinking rapidly. I then went up n the poop-deck. By this time Lieutenant Commander Walnwrlght and others were near me. Everybody was impressed by the solemnity of ihe disaster, but there was no exdtement apiwirent; erfect dis cipline prevailed. "The question has been asked many times if I bellevtfd then that be Maine was blown up from the outside. My an swer to this has been that my first order on reaching the deck was to post sentries about the ship. I Imew that the Maine had been blown up. and believed that she had been blown up from the outside. Therefore, I ordered a measure which was intended to guard against attack. There was no need for the order, but I am writing my firsi impressions.' There was the sound of many voices from the shore, suggestive of cheers." 3EEB IN EAST AFBICA. ("oiiKiit llolils Iteport-s Ueiuniiil for tlie American Product. In a report to the State Department from Lourenco' Marquez, Portuguese East Africa, United States Consul llollls says: "There Is a very good market for beer of all kinds here. Large quantities of Engllsh"hle -and stout are consumed, but these beers .are too heavy and are un sulted to the climate, and the old resi dent after a while drops them for some thing lighter, such as German Pilsener beer. ' "Lately, several, parties have endeavored to Introduce American lager beer here, and, considering the prsent commercial de pression, 1 think they are making some headway. The -brands that have been sold here are generally well liked, and. when trade Improves, a very good busi ness in this line can be worked up by American brewers of really first-class beers. "I have noted that some American brew, ers are too conservative in their business methods for this country. They want re mittances to cover all orders, and are not at all inclined to ship sample lots. A little more liberality in the matter of samples and terms ot payments would, no doubt, result in increased sales. It Is quite safe to sell nnd to draw upon the bills of lading to airy firms or Individuals who attach to their orders a Jetter from their local bankers, recommending them as desirable people with whom to trade.. "In regard to the packing and prices of American beers, I think I can safely say that both are entirely satisfactory." Consul llollls adds that there Is little or no demand In Portuguese East Africa for bicycles, owing to the fact that the roads are sandy and it is impossible to ride wheels over them. The trade In kerosene oil is entirely in the hands ol halt a dozen New York commission houses. The Standard OH Company is contemplating the establishment of an agency and oil storehouse at I.ourenco Marquez. Dogs an Workerx. (rrom Ihe Chicago News.) A little more than a half a century ago to be precise, in the year 1S3!1 the uce of dogs for drawing vehicles was abolished in Lcnekn and it was net until fifteen eeurfl later that it cas pro hibited in the lited Kingdom generally. Throughout Holland and Belgium in the Iffesefit day the elog, to a great extent, takes the place on tlie score of cconomr. and it U difficult l J conct-ire how the humble ixasants of t!uc countries, would manuge were it decided to pro- Libit the tue ol the dojr si a Least of burden. There would be a general outcrr. It would, for a time -at least, tadly inter if re with the milk t trade, for Ioj; -ore usually employed, to draw the milk carls. 1Krs of various breeds are enzajred, including Tetrierers. Si. Bernards, bis U-tue-S ULUtiffc, and terriers. HOBSON'S FIBST PLAIT. The Merrlniuc to Fly Spanish Colors nn.1 I-Vlir to, Chair. Lieut. Richmond Pearson Hobson Is writing for the Century Magazine his sto ry of "The Sinking of the Merrlmac." His first paper appears in the December num ber, and Is devoted to "The Scheme and the Preparations." Lieut. Hobson says, after telling of the decision to sink the Merrlmac In the harbor entrance: "Various plans were considered. That of feigning a chase suggested itself from the fact that Spanish colliers were sup posed to be on their way to Santiago. One had recently been captured by the St. Paul, and from her It was learned that others were soon expected. By this method the Merrlmac would approach by night from the eastward; when about live miles away she .would be discovered by blockading vessels, searchlights would be thrown toward., her, and fire opened, care being taken to fire wide and throw the lights in front and on the sides, to show the splash of striking projectiles. The Merrlmac. UDon elUcovprv u-ni,M bear In toward the shore to within about two thousand yards, apparently to seek the shelter of batteries: she would throw pitch on the fires to make heavy smoke, as if forcing to the utmost. She would head In toward the entrance and turn full down the course for entering the channel, blowing her whistle In blasts as of fright and distress. The searchlight would Hash across and show a Spanish flag at her jieak. On approaching, the light would be thrown on the entrance to facilitate her navigation, but carerully avoiding resting upon her. The shore batteries opening on the chasing vessels would be replied to and kept diverted. It they openeil on the Merrimae, search lights would be thrown In me gunners' faces. "However, an examination of the chart showed the difficulties of navigation to bo so great that no sane captain would at tempt to take In a collier at night or un der circumstances that did not admit of the utmost dellberat'on. It was known that tugs -we?re used by slngte-screw ves sels of any size on account of the turn in the channel abreast EstrelU Point. The chances seemed to lie against the en emy's being deceived, and navigation de pending upon searchlights would entail chances of failure. This plan. aneC various other plans n volvlng the co-operation of the I! et. -were diseranled in favor of -the simpler plan of going In alone by moonlight, just before the moon should set- Sur prise, under any condition, could be only purli.il at best, since a certain amount of light was absolutely necessary for ravi gation. The conditions for surprise would be mure favorable toward daybreak. Moreover, a flood tide must be chosen- so 1 mat. in case or breaking the ancho.-- ! cear. the vessel ,.,,,l,i lw. - ir,t ti, j channel and have ample time for sinking I before the ebb could tend to throw ier i out. while the chances of beinir ca-ri.-d by the tide through the whole length of the narrow channel into the Inner hu i bo seemed improbable. The 'Vst-ibiisbmenf of the port," or time of hl?h tide, was alwut eight hours and a quarter, so that tb- tide would te running strong flood a the moon set Tlie moon was then ap proaching fell, and calculations showed that it would set jtt Santuigoabaut half past 3 on Thursday. June X AW weie speeding at -about thirteen knot- the Oregon had demonstrated her ability to j day and night of Wednesday for prepara- : i'ua. uiursuaj was mereiore set for : entering, though the admiral expressed i the opinion that it would b? found m- possible to complete? the preparations in time. The special advantage of Thurs day was that there would be an interval of darkness of about an hour and a quar ter between the time o'f moonset and day breuTc while on Friday this Inte vnl would be reduced to about half an ho.-r. and on Saturday day would break before moonset. It will be understood that an Interval of darkness, though short might. be found of advantage for complting he work or for making escape. Preparations -were therefoj-e begun at once, the greatest amount of detail beinj: recinh-ed for the process of sinking. WHERE ORANGES GROW. Leniihlima Cnreleus . That Produce Myrlni!- of Tlicni. (From the Kansas City Star.) The shores ot the Mississippi River be low New Orleans are lined with gardens in which grow luxuriantly a myriad of fruits and vegetables. This is accom plished" by a very odd method of irriga tion. Near the mouth ot the river on the 50uth bank, in the delta country, is a narrow strip of land, not more than a thousand yards wide in places. In which It is said, the best oranges in the country may be grown. There Is no levee but the waters have so wide an expanse that the annual freshets do not cover the hind, ns would be the case higher up where the river is narrower and where the levees are a vital necessity. Bey .ad the narrow strip of land that marks this side of the river are innumerable bayous and cane brakes and swamps. The conn try Is inhabited by Creoles of the most primitive type, who live by raising fruit, fishing and oystering. This narrow strip of orange country is worth Se in acre. Higher up the river on the same side as New Orleans is approached are miles after miles of truck gardens and small fruit farms blooming and fresh and green from the water drawn to them from the Mississippi River. The method of irri gation is by siphoning from the surf-ic of the river, which Is higher than the laiuS on the other side ot the river. The levee Is from 12 to 15 feet high. At every little farm Is a big black iron pipe straddling the levee, one end In a ditch on the land. From this ditch others lead to all parts of the farm. Some of the little farms -ave several siphons over the levee The land, because of Its contiguity to tie riv er, is very valuables The products of the farms are taken to New Orleans and and ed at the French Market by little steam ers and barges thai ply up nnd down the river for the convenience of the garv eltners. V Mnhiirnjiih' Ilcn-ncre. (From the LripIc JIidonsbIatt-) Tier' JIahararee of Xtiuut recently cimmitled surride in honor at the disfigurement whic'i an attjek of sraalli.ox had caused in her featerres. The Jlaharajab. who was pas-iorutely atuehrd to her, fret wreaked hi, vengeance on ihe physi cians whu hjd attendee! her in her illness. Ther he Hew at hisbcr game. Out of the great temple he brought the id 'ts, placed luddcd cannon before- them, and hade sunner? fire. In terror at the jtroposed blasphemy ihey refUHjet Thereupon the JLinarajjIi hanzed several of time Tlie eurtivors then submitted, and the guns were fireil and the idols Mown U pieces. Value eif Street Uuiliva). (From the Philadelphia Jlecord.) The enormou value cf the street rai!w-ir sys tem of the country Is rarely 3ppreei.it,. 1. Imt as a mattn of faet it would take all the coin, notes and certificates in circulation in the United States to purchase all the lines, and tins cum would more titan liquidate the national debt. I-'nilure. Tlx- Lird who fashioned my hands for working Set ice a task and it is not done; I've tried and tried e-'nee the e.erly mo-nin!;, Ard now to -westward sinke-tlt the sun. Noble the taek that was kindly given To cne .so little and weak a 1; Somehow my strength could never grasp it, Never as days and ears went by. Others arotrud ine, cheerfully toiling. Shewed me tlierr wort as they pas'ed away; Filled were tbeir hands to overflowing, l'roud were their hearts, and glad and gay. LuU'ii vrith Jurvcst sp" h(T ntfrcd In at the goUIrn rate f their rtt; Laid Ihcir fhraies at tl.c feet i.f lit Master. Foutd their p!ices-atin the hlesz. llvpy i,e &? u strove to help. Faille? er pite of their aid; Fuin isuiihl thei" love have lorae me with th- i. Unt I wa unready and o alraid. Author Unknown.